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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the most substantial donor of Zanmi Lasante?
(a) Tracy Kidder.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Leland Lasante.
(d) Arnold Brigham.

2. How does Paul Farmer refer to poverty in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) As this century's Black Plague.
(b) An inherited disease.
(c) As a social condition.
(d) A curse.

3. Who is Arata Kochi?
(a) A fundraiser at a hospital in Paris.
(b) The head of the Gates Foundation's TB Program.
(c) A college friend of Paul's who teaches in France.
(d) The head of the World Health Organization's TB program.

4. Who is the project director of the Russian TB project?
(a) Mikail Frank.
(b) Alex Goldfarb.
(c) Fritz LaFontain.
(d) Ophelia.

5. What happens to the prices of second line antibiotics after World Health Organization's new policies for MDR-TB in 2002?
(a) They decline.
(b) They go up and down continually.
(c) They remain the same.
(d) They rise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization endows Partners in Health with a $45 million grant?

2. What disease is Paul Farmer diagnosed with after marrying in 1996?

3. Why is Paul Farmer frustrated when he first meets Tracy Kidder?

4. Who does Paul Farmer borrow money from to pay for the 2002 expansion while waiting for the Global Fund money to arrive?

5. For what purpose is Partners in Health awarded $45 million by the Gates Foundation?

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